2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）含参考答案.doc

2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit China, what is the first place you would like to take him/her to see and why? Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1.A) He has proved to be a better reader than the woman. B) He has difficulty understanding the book. C)He cannot get access to the assigned book. D) He cannot finish his assignment before the deadline.2. A)She will drive the man to the supermarket. B)The man should buy a car of his own.C)The man neednt go shopping every week. D) She can pick the man up at the grocery store.3. A) Get more food and drinks. C)Tidy up the place. B) Ask his friend to come over. D) Hold a party.4. A) The talks can be held any day except this Friday. B) He could change his schedule to meet John Smith.C) The first-round talks should start as soon as possible.D) The woman should contact John Smith first.5. A) He understands the womans feelings. B) He has gone through a similar experience. C)The woman should have gone on the field trip. D)The teacher is just following the regulations.6. A) She will meet the man halfway. B) She will ask David to talk less. C) She is sorry the man will not come. D) She has to invite David to the party.7. A) Few students understand Prof.Johnsons lectures. B) Few students meet Prof.Johnsons requirements. C)Many students find Prof.Johnsons lectures boring. D)Many students have dropped Prof.Johnsons class. 8. A) Check their computer files. C)Study a computer program. B)Make some computations. D) Assemble a computer. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) It allows him to make a lot of friends. C)It enables him to apply theory to practice. B) It requires him to work long hours. D)It helps him understand people better. 10. A) It is intellectually challenging. B) It requires him to do washing-up all the time. C) It exposes him to oily smoke all day long.D) It demands physical endurance and patience.11. A) In a hospital. C)At a laundry. B)At a coffee shop. D) In a hotel.12. A) Getting along well with colleagues. C) Planning everything in advance. B) Paying attention to every detail. D) Knowing the needs of customers.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) The pocket money British children get.C) The things British children spend money on. B) The annual inflation rate in Britain.D) The rising cost of raising a child in Britain.14. A) It enables children to live better. C)It often rises higher than inflation. B)It goes down during economic recession. D)It has gone up 25% in the past decade.15. A)Save up for their future education. C)Buy their own shoes and socks. B) Pay for small personal things. D) Make donations when necessary.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage One Questions 16 to 19 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16. A) District managers. C) Sales directors. B) Regular customers. D)Senior clerks.17. A) The support provided by the regular clients . B) The initiative shown by the sales representatives. C)The urgency of implementing the companys plans. D)The important part played by district managers.18. A)Some of them were political-minded. C)One third of them were senior managers. B)Fifty percent of then were female. D)Most of them were rather conservative.19. A) He used too many quotations. C)He did not keep to the point. B) He was not gender sensitive. D)He spent too much time on details.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.20.A)State your problem to the head waiter. C)Ask to see the manager politely but firmly. B)Demand a discount on the dishes ordered. D)Ask the name of the person waiting on you.21.A)Your problem may not be understood correctly.B)You dont know if you are complaining at the right time.C)Your complaint may not reach the person in charge.D)You cant tell how the person on the line is reacting.22.A)Demand a prompt response. C)Send it by express mail. B)Provide all the details. D)Stick to the point.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A)Fashion designer. C)City planner. B)Architect. D)Engineer.24.A)Do some volunteer work. C)Work flexible hours. B)Get a well-paid part-time job. D)Go back to her previous post.25. A)Few baby-sitters can be considered trustworthy. B)It will add to familys financial burden. C)A baby-sitter is no replacement for a mother. D)The children wont get along with a baby-sitter.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general ideal. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more _26_, less afraid of what he doesnt know, better at finding and _27_, more confident, resourceful（机敏的）, persistent and _28_ than he will ever be again in his schoolingor, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life. Already, by paying close attention to and _29_ the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and _30_ than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years. He has solved the _31_ of language. He has discovered itbabies dont even know that language existsand he has found out how it works learnt to use it _32_. He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, by _33_ and seeing whether it works by gradually changing it and _34_ it until it work. And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, including many of the _35_ that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. The fact is, the world has been finding less oil than it has been using for more than twenty years now. Not only has demand been _36_, but the oil we have been finding is coming from places that are _37_ to reach. At the same time, more of this newly _38_ oil is of the type that requires a greater investment to _39_. And because demand for this precious resource will grow, according to some, by over 40 percent by 2025, fueling the worlds economic _40_ will take a lot more energy from every possible source. The energy industry needs to get more from existing fields while continuing to search for new _41_. Automakers must continue to improve fuel efficiency and perfect hybrid（混合动力的）vehicles. Technological improvements are needed so that wind, solar and hydrogen can be more _42_ parts of the energy equation. Governments need to formulate energy policies that promote _43_ and environmentally sound development. Consumers must be willing to pay for some of these solutions, while practicing conservation efforts of their own.Inaction is not an _44_. So lets work together to balance this equation. We are taking some of the _45_ needed to get started, but we need your help to go the rest of the way.A) consequently I) feasibleB) cultivate J)growthC) declining K) optionD) derived L) refineE) difficult M) reservesF) discovered N) soaringG) economically O) stepsH) exceptionSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. I Cry, Therefore I AmA) In 2008, at a German zoo, a gorilla （大猩猩） named Gana gave birth to a male infant, who died after three months. Photographs of Gana, looking stricken and inconsolable （伤心欲绝的）, attracted crowds to the zoo. Sad as the scene was, the humans, not Gana, were the only ones crying. The notion that animals can weep has no scientific basis. Years of observations by the biologists Dian Fossey, who observed gorillas, and Jane Goodall, who worked with chimpanzees （黑猩猩）, could not prove that animals cry tears from emotion.B) Its true that many animals shed tears, especially in response to pain. Tears protect the eye by keeping it moist, but crying as an expression of feeling is unique to humans and has played an essential role in human evolution and the development of human cultures.C) Within two days an infant can imitate sad and happy faces. If an infant does not cry out, it is unlikely to get the attention it needs to survive. Around 3-4 months, the relationship between the human infant and its environment takes on a more organized communicative role, and tearful crying begins to serve interpersonal purposes; the search for comfort and pacification （抚慰）. As we get older, crying becomes a tool of social interaction: grief and joy, shame and pride, fear and manipulation.D) Tears are as universal as laughter, and grief is more complex than joy. But although we all cry, we do so in different ways. Women cry more frequently and intensely than men, especially when exposed to emotional events. Like crying, depression is, around the world, more commonly seen in women than in men. One explanation might be that women, who despite decades of advances still suffer from economic inequality, discrimination （歧视） and even violence, might have more to cry about. Men not only cry for shorter periods than women, but they also are less inclined to explain their tears, usually shed them more quietly, and tend more frequently to apologize when they cry openly. Men, like women, report crying at the death of a loved one and in response to a moving religious experience. They are more likely than women to cry when their core identitiesas providers and protectors, as fathers fighters are questioned.E) People who score on personality tests as more sympathetic cry more than those who are more rigid or have more self-control. Frequency of crying varies widely: some shed tears at any novel or movie, others only a handful of times in their lives. Crying in response to stress and conflict in the home, or after emotional trauma （创伤）, lasts much longer than tears induced by everyday sadnesswhich in turn last longer than tears of delight and joy.F) Sadness is our primary association with crying, but the fact is that people report feeling happier after crying. Surveys estimate that 85% of women and 73% of men report feeling better after shedding tears. Surprisingly, crying is more commonly associated with minor forms of depression than with major depression involving suicidal thoughts.G) People widely report that crying relieves tension, restores emotional balance and provides “catharsis,” a washing out of bad feelings. The term “catharsis” has religious implications of removing evil and sin; its no surprise that religious ceremonies are, around the world, one of the main settings for the release of tears.H) Crying is a nearly universal sign of grief, though some mourners report that, despite genuine sorrow, they cannot shed tearssometimes even for years after their loved one has gone. Unlike today, when the privacy of grief is more respected, the public or ceremonial shedding of tears, at the graveside of a spouse or the funeral of a king or queen, was once considered socially or even politically essential.I) Crying has also served other social purposes. Rousseau wrote in his Confessions that while he considered tears the most powerful expression of love, he also just liked to cry over nothing.J) The association of tears with art has ancient roots. The classic Greek tragedies of the fifth century B.C. were primarily celebrations of gods. Tragedies, like poetry and music, were staged religious events. Even then it was recognized that crying in response to